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U.K. to Review Alliance
Of AMR, British Airways

By

Matthew RoseStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated June 24, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

LONDON -- Competition authorities in the United Kingdom intend to review the proposed operations and revenue-sharing alliance between British Airways PLC and AMR Corp.'s American Airlines. The airlines plan to coordinate their passenger and cargo services, while retaining separate identities.

The Office of Fair Trading said it is treating the proposed arrangement as a merger, giving it the authority, it said, to investigate any effect on competition, even though the agreement involves no equity or asset swaps. Industry observers,...